Drawing
Object number2020.34.2
Artist
Henry Koerner
(1915 - 1991)
Date1965
MediumPaper; Ink
Credit LineGift of Dr. Jerome Apt III
DescriptionBlack ink pen drawing on rectangular white wove paper. Drawing features two adolescent boys depicted in the foreground, the boy on the viewer's left is seated (visible from the waist up) and the boy on the viewer's right is standing (visible from knees up) and holds a model rocket in his right hand. Both boys have short hair and wear eyeglasses. Model rocket components in the viewer's bottom right corner in the foreground. Background has a chalkboard with a few curvilinear shapes and lines drawn on it. DimensionsHeight x Width: 19.813 x 15.938 in. (50.3 x 40.5 cm)SignedArtist signature in the viewer's bottom left corner in black ink "Koerner".
Historical NotesDrawing of Jerome Apt III and other members of the Steel City Section of National Association of Rocketry by Henry Koerner. In this drawing with two club members, Arnold Pitter is the one at the chalkboard. Pittler was a founding member of the club and later a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University. Henry Koerner and Apt's parents met when Koerner was artist-in-residence at PCW (now Chatham University), located on Woodland Road where the Apt family home was located. In 1965, Apt's parents commissioned the artist to do several drawings at a meeting of the Steel City Section of the National Association of Rocketry, the local model rocket club founded by Apt in 1964. This meeting took place at Shady Side Academy one Sunday in the fall or winter of 1965.
Previous owner
Dr. Jerome Apt III
Related institution
National Association of Rocketry
Previous owner
Chatham University
Related person
Arnold Pittler
Related institution
Carnegie Mellon University
On View
Not on view
Tim Kaulen
